# Gandhi Nagar Village, Great Nicobar – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Great Nicobar, Nicobars 

# Gandhi Nagar

Gandhi Nagar is a village in Great Nicobar sub-district of Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted **69 people in 13 households**, the 10th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 69people (2011)
- 13households
- 69.1%literacy
- 113females per 1,000 males

## Gandhi Nagar PIN code and other codes

Gandhi Nagar falls in Great Nicobar sub-district, Nicobars district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

- Community development blockCampbell Bay
- Census village code645192

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gandhi Nagar from nearby towns?

- Car Nicobar (district HQ)287 km by road
- Port Blair (nearest town)556 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gandhi Nagar?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Gandhi Nagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Campbell Bay
- ○Degree college10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Port Blair
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gandhi Nagar known for?

The main crops are **copra**. About 21% of the 599 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gandhi Nagar

Of every 100 households in Gandhi Nagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gandhi Nagar · ■ Great Nicobar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**25%

Tap water ****0%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**55%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**23%

Use banking services ****43%**

**90%

Television ****0%**

**64%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

Own their home ****21%**

**60%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gandhi Nagar?

■ Gandhi Nagar · ■ Great Nicobar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****113**

**665

Working population ****92.8%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.5% for men and 57.1% for women. 97% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 6 (9%) · **■** Other work 50 (78%) · **■** Marginal 8 (12%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Great Nicobar

- Afra Bay138 people
- Vijoy Nagar100 people
- Pulloullo/Puloulo81 people
- Pulopanja75 people
- Shompen hut63 people
- Pulobha/Pulobahan52 people
- Alexandera River47 people
- Makhahu/Makachua47 people

[All 72 villages in Great Nicobar](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/nicobars/great-nicobar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gandhi Nagar from Car Nicobar?287 km by road
- What is the population of Gandhi Nagar?69 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gandhi Nagar in?Nicobars district (Great Nicobar sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Gandhi Nagar?69.1% (Census 2011)